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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Tuesday, July 1, 1986

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 1, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside stripes d . Team takes world title in helicopter Competition Page 3 g cobra gunship on the prowl daily Magazine q Argentina wins world soccer title. Page 21 vol. 45. No. 75 tuesday july 1, 1986 in dolls dirt Smow d 8s93 a contras to get secret Cia Aid new York up the Cia is preparing to provide rebel forces in Nicaragua with 1400 million Worth of coven logistical support training communications and intelligence Newsweek reported Sun Day. Quoting unidentified . Sources the Magazine said in this week s edition  the Cia has recruited additional Spanish speaking agents and rebuilt its intelligence network in Central America. In addition the Agency plans to funnel Money and supplies to Llic contras through supporters throughout the world the report said. Although they acknowledged the increase in Aid to the contras will Likely Lead to expanded soviet and cuban military Aid to the ruling sandinista administration sources told the Magazine they do not think Russia will Send fighter planes or other High Lech weapons to Nicaragua. " Soviel Leader Mikhail Gorbachev won t set him self up for a fall by increasing the soviet profile one official was quoted As saying. Sources told Newsweek that last week s congressional vote to Send $100 million in Aid to the rebel forces has substantially raised the Slakes for the con critics have charged Hie Contra leadership is Cor-1 up and . Aid has been misspent and stolen. I 1 we Ejot to lighten. There s no question Aboul it one slate department official told Newsweek. Whal s More the contras must Start winning on the Battlefield sources told the Magazine. They mus launch a few spectacular guerrilla raids to Ai iracle worldwide attention and throw a scare into the Sandi-1 Ijjas Jas they said. Odds on criminals Side in new York drug busts new York not if you buy sell or carry drugs on the streets of new York the Odds Are overwhelmingly in your favor that you will not go to Pris on even if you Are arrested. Two out of Ihrck people arrested on felony charges of Sale or Possession of substantial a Moun is of Narcola its in the City last year were not indicted according tothe new York state division of criminal Justice serv ices. In Manhattan three of of four pc Ojile convicted of misdemeanours for Selling or possessing Small quantities of drugs were Noi jailed beyond the Lime served Between arrest and arraignment according to a recent study by the Manhattan District attorney s of fice. While citizens have been calling for More police As a solution to the drug epidemic Many Workmo in the criminal Justice system say the system itself is so Over loaded under financed and inefficient thai More Low level arrests could move the system closer to paralysis. Prosecutors and judges say the sheer number of arrests and a shortage of judges and courtrooms lie at the Center of the problem. In Manhattan alone last year 84,564 Misdemeanour cases of All kinds were filed Wil the court where on any Given Day a third of the judges arc occupied with arraignments and Only six Are Avail Able for trials. A result officials say is such intense pressure to strike plea bargains Wilh defendants and avoid trials that in is virtually impossible to impose the full penal ties provided by Law. And while the crush is at least decade old they say in now is worsening in court. There s a breakdown in the criminal Justice by sick in new York and it s not the fault of the police said Robert m. Stuit Nan agent in charge of the new Yor District office of the Federal drug enforcement administration. Judge Richard t. Andrias supervising judge of Manhattan criminal court said it was hard to gel an appropriate sentence if a judge knew the court did not have the time or manpower to take the Case to trial and a defendant refused to plead Guilly. Last year Andrias said we tried less than one half of i percent of our  French firm aiding repair Hibyan radar Pape roys London apr London s sunday express re ported that a Frenchi company is rebuilding and improving Libya s missile War system destroyed in the april 15 . Air raid a French foreign  said in pans that the report was totally without  sunday express a Conser Valte weekly identified the French company As  an avionics Combine the newspaper said repairs were bet ice to be Well advanced. In said the work will mean tha French made Cortale surface to air missiles i Only become operational again but  to any new american  newspaper speculated that the which action will infuriate the americans who a any just begin Ning to gel Over their anger with Emzix for refusing overflying rights to the Al 11 boilers during the radon Libya the weekly also Quilla Pentagon officials in Washington As saying Thalf Libya had upgraded us air defense by sick with a missiles and radar since the american raid. Libya put its orig ii surface to air missile site at sine Back in service my All 12 launchers ready to fire while a new Silex Benghazi is partly operational me Pentagon  quoted As saying. The repo kaid the French action would contradict a  last month in Tokyo where seven  including France held a sum Mil meeting. The sta1 dorism should be sold to them. The unit West Berjer Aid Stales supporting Ter med and no arms should be bombed Libya in retaliation for a i Cheque bombing that killed two . Soldiers and a turkish woman. . Officials said they had Evi Dence Libya masterminded the attack. Since the raid French and . Officials have been trying to mend relations. President Francois Mitterrand is due to visit the United stale this week to attend celebrations of the Centennial of the statue of Liberty a gift from France to the United slates. Mitterrand told the washing t an interview published sunday that he was k use his meeting with Reagan to Iron out  Over the libyan raid. There Are Horaces of bitterness against the United slates in frail act we May see things from a differ ent Angle but we am together when in conies to Essen tial questions Milten had was quoted assaying. I Don t believe that Taii Stop terrorism by killing 150 libyans who have . You Don t solve these problems by collective Nasals he said.  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